Lynch actually did it, the absolute madman!
Great episode. The Montana scene with Ray and Mr. C started off kind of lame but man, what an exposition dump! Apart from all the talk about Jefferies, what Ray said about Mr. C having something inside that "they" want makes me think the suspicion I've been harboring for a while might be right, in that the Woodsmen are not the same as the Lodge spirits or BOB and they're out for themselves, whatever that means in their world. It's so weird, not much really happened this episode but for whatever reason it felt like the show was moving at warp speed compared to last week.
The one major problem I had with this episode is there's a pretty glaring continuity error. When Dougie, the Mitchums, and Candie, Sandie and Mandie come congaing into Bushnell's office to that horrific music, Bushnell makes it like Dougie has been with them all night since he dropped the check off and had some damn good pie. So what was that catch scene with Sonny Jim last episode? Either there really is something funny going on with the timeline, or that's a glaring error and for literally no purpose.
I need to go back and read everyone else's reaction to the episode but I'm really curious what Dougie's fascination was with Anthony's dandruff. At this point though, I feel like Dougie is definitely Lynch's meditation on listening to the universe or something. That's basically all Dougie does is listen to and do what he's being told, either by Philip Gerard from the Red Room, whatever the golden flame above the slot machines was, or just everyone around him, and everything keeps coming up aces for the dude.
Really interesting to see that both Bobby and Ed continue to fuck up with their ladies. From their perspective, it's really depressing but from Shelley and Norma's perspective, I guess theirs are stories of empowerment. Kinda-sorta. They both stopped waiting for their lovers to get their shit together and just did it themselves, Norma obviously being a little more successful than Shelley.
Last thoughts. It definitely seems like Audrey is either still in a coma or at the very least in some kind of mental ward and that Charlie is her therapist or doctor or something. That, and for the first time I'm starting to lose hope that there's going to be a "satisfying conclusion" to this. Still haven't made it to Jack Rabbit's Palace, still don't have Cooper back (not a huge surprise), there's nothing pointing Cooper toward Twin Peaks and unless "The Dutchman's", has something to do with Twin Peaks, nothing pointing Mr. C back there yet either. Seems like a lot of pieces to move on the board and then a finale to execute considering they've only got 5 hours left to do it in.
Too bad, I totally have a VPN that would've worked.